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  • Title: Dietary status of elite female high school gymnasts: inadequacy of vitamin and mineral intake.
    Author: Moffatt RJ.
    Journal: J Am Diet Assoc; 1984 Nov; 84(11):1361-3. PubMed ID: 6491118.
    Abstract:
    In general, the diets of these athletes appeared to be nutritionally inadequate. Diets were judged to be inadequate for vitamins B-6, folic acid, calcium, iron, zinc, and magnesium in 30% to 60% of gymnasts studied. Several reasons seem to make this population somewhat more vulnerable: (a) the desire to be light, lean, and aesthetically appealing; (b) the anaerobic nature of their sport, which does not lend itself to excessive levels of energy expenditure; and (c) the fact that these athletes are teenagers, subscribing all too often to typical teenage diets. It seems clear that this is a population which could benefit from nutrition counseling.
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